Billy Joel and Meryl Streep Support Ivory Ban in New York

Billy Joel has given his support to a proposed ban of the sale of ivory in New York. “I wholeheartedly support the ivory sales ban bill pending in New York State,&rdq...

Hollywood’s Humanitarians: David Koechner helps fight cancer with “trash talking,” bowling

A MAN OF CHARITY

We loved David Koechner as the obnoxious Todd Packer in The Office and as Champ Kind in the Anchorman movies. The fact that he’s co-hosting a...

Hollywood's Humanitarians: David Koechner helps fight cancer with

A MAN OF CHARITY

We loved David Koechner as the obnoxious Todd Packer in The Office and as Champ Kind in the Anchorman movies. The fact that he’s co-hosting a...

First Nations Development Institute Awards $400K To 12 Native Food-System Projects

First Nations Development Institute announced June 3 that it is divying up $400,000 in grant awards to 12 Native organizations. The grants, made possible by the W.K. Kellog...

Hugh Jackman Creates Charitable Foundation With Wife

Hollywood actor Hugh Jackman and his wife Deborra-Lee Furness have launched a charitable foundation for performing arts in their native Australia.

The Wolverine sta...

How climate change played a role in a 10,000-year ice age journey

The climate 25,000 years ago was cold, very cold. It was the height of the last ice age, and survival required desperate measures — especially from those in Eurasia, ...

Farooque Shaikh diverted 'Lahore' cheque to his chosen charity

MUMBAI: In 2010, a first-time director decided to make a film on kickboxing using the backdrop of the India-Pak conflict. His raw, native Haryanvi producers expected a burl...

A New Test for Malaria, No Blood Required

Rice University researchers have developed a rapid malaria test that uses a laser pulse, eliminating the need to draw blood. The test has not yet been tried on humans with ...

Amazon condom factory: A sustainable way to profit from Brazil's forests

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